Substance Use and Mental Health – 4-H Youth DevelopmentMajor Program

2883

Total Hours

Contributed.

25789

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

180

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

1029

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals who gained increased knowledge of how to respond to mental health concerns

5985

Number of individuals who reported intended behavior change as a result of participation in substance use prevention and/or recovery programming

3024

Number of youth who experienced improved social skills and/or self-efficacy

5799

Number of individuals who adopted/implemented strategies focused on substance use prevention and/or recovery

3694

Number of individuals who reported an increased ability to use destigmatized language

2864

Number of individuals who reported an increased knowledge of substance use prevention, addiction, and/or recovery (or related subject matter)

8057

Stories

BARN: Farm Dinner Theater

Farmers and farmworkers consistently report high levels of stress associated with commodity production and rural living. The culmination of rural living, farm work, and stress is associated with elevated rates of suicide in farming occupations. The BARN: Farm Dinner Theater was developed as a strategy to address and explore the difficult topics of mental health and suicide within a rural community.UK Cooperative Extension agents from Harrison County recruited youth participants to experience the...

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BARN: Farm Dinner Theater

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